[SOLVED] Missing capacitors on graphic card ?

[RaspberryTea]

Hey, will my graphic card go back to life if I solder missing capacitors?

 

[Lutfij]

Define "missing". How did your GPU end up with missing capacitors? Do you have an image of the graphics card's PCB and the areas where you're saying are devoid of capacitors from the factory?

 

[Ralston18]

Seconding @Lutfij

And I will ask:

What GPU? Make, model, version?

Source?

New, Used, Refurbished?

Age?

How do you know that the missing "things" are capacitors?

Take some photographs and post images per @Lutfij via imgur (www.imgur.com).

 

[RaspberryTea]

I tried to send photos yesterday, but I ran into problems.
New, used, refurbished. I dont know if it is important, because it doesn't work anyway.
I have 2 graphic cards with missing capacitors- Sapphire hd2900 (turbine) and GAINWARD gtx 260
Age - Old
Cant I?
They were laying in the boxes, Im just a guy who took these gpus for parts.
Photos:

https://imgur.com/a/ZCdN2Fs

View: https://imgur.com/a/ZCdN2Fs

 

[Ralston18]

I would not be at all optimistic about repairing those GPUs. And I am a strong believer in DIY repairs.

Unfortunately many things are not made to be repairable and sometimes even made to even prevent attempts to do so.

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From what I can see in the photos there has been some serious overheating. With perhaps lots of invisible damage.

And if you are able to salvage parts from one GPU to fix the other GPU (or source parts elsewhere) there is a good chance that something else will fail on the salvaged card.

I.e., the next "power up" likely to zap, melt, or otherwise cause the ruin of another component or two on the GPU. Could even be a higher risk for more damage.

Unless you wish to practice micro-soldering skills etc. I recommend just foregoing any repair attempts.

Plus you need schematics, specs, and a multi-meter to verify that any given repair/replacement was successful.

Just properly recycle the old GPUs.

 

[RaspberryTea]

Alright, thanks for help. Actually I wanted to practice soldering ;p
Ill leave one of them and the other one I will recycle
edit: Also which one to practice on? hd2900 gives display, but gtx 260 looks more easly to "fix"

 

[vov4ik_il]

To replace the knocked-off stuff, you would need schematics. It would work if nothing else is wrong. Otherwise, both are project candidates. Retain the one you can get schematics for